Fence fabric.



P. DOBKINS.

FENCE meme. APPLICATION FILED DEC- 7, I915.

1,279,849. Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNESSES 7 BY gmww w ATTORNEY nrrrrnn sirarns ra'rnnr ornren PEARL DOBKINS, OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

FENCE FABRIC.

J '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PEARL Donxnvs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Prairie, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire fabric, and more particularly to such as is designed for inclosing land and confining stock.

The purpose of the invention is the provision of a wire fabric having a straight selvage wire for sustaining the linear strain and which is positively connected with the body or filler so as to prevent any slipping and thereby preserve the meshes of the fabric.

A further purpose of the invention is the provision of positive interengaging loops which present a flat effect and preclude any possible slipping and which may be formed and engaged by machinery in a rapid and economical manner.

The invention consists of a meshed fabric of wire having the selvage wire straight and formed into loops at regular intervals, said loops extending inwardly and engaging outwardly extending loops of a body wire. the interengaging loops being in substantially the same plane and the elements of each loop being embraced by the opposite complemental loop, and the engaging loops passing through each other in reverse directions.

For a clear understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and the drawing hereto attached in which corresponding and like parts are referred to by the same reference characters.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating my invention as in its preferred embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing more clearly the method of connection between the several strands the knot being shown in reverse to the showing in Fig. 1.

In reducin my invention to practice. I provide a selvage member 10 that is preferably formed of a heavy and durable wire which supports a plurality of body wires or strands 11. Any number of strands 11 may be provided in accordance with the width of the fabric; however, in the drawings I have merely shown a few of these strands in order to.illustrate more clearly their method of connection with each other. The latter strands are bent in a zigzag fashion such as Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sepa24, 1 918.

Application filed December 7, 1915 Serial 1T0. 65,557.

shown in Fig. 1 and have each point connected with an ad acent strand in the maner which will hereinafter appear.

In view of the fact that the method of securing the strands to each other is substantially the same throughout, only one of the improved ties will be shown in detail and thus I may now refer to Fig. 2. In the formation of this tie, each of the strands to be secured is looped as at 12 and 13 respectlvel y, after which they are bent so that the portions adjacent the loop of one strand may be passed through the loop of the other, and vice versa. This is more clearly shown in 2, and it will be noted that upon tensloning the strands, the radii of the loops will be decreased and ultimately result in a secure tie or square knot such as shown in Fig. 1 and the edge member will be immovable with relation to the zigzag wire which is thus united therewith. The greater the strain exerted on the strands, the greater will be the binding action exerted by the loops thereof. Y

As hereinbefore stated, the various strands are provided with loops at each bent portion or at each point of the zigzag whereby a durable and secure fence fabric will be formed.

As shown most clearly in Fig. l, the selvage wire 10 is straight and formed at regular intervals in its length with inwardly 'extending loops which engage outwardly extending loops of the adjacent body wire which is of zigzag form. The interengaging loops are in substantially the same plane and pass through each otherin reverse directions,

which are interengaged with similarly formed outwardly extending loops of a body wire, said loops being in the same planeand the elements of each loop being embraced by the opposite complemental loop, and the engaging loops passing through each other in reverse dlreotlons.

2. A meshed fabric of Wire having the selvage Wire straight and provided at regular intervals with inwardly extending loops, and

having the outermost body Wire of zigzag.

form and provided at the outer angles with outwardly extendlng loops reversely engag- 10 ing the inner loops of the straight selvage Wire, the loops being in the same plane and PEARL DOBKINS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. STOVALL, C. T. LUCAS.

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